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00066.jpgthose who on the dangerous waves/Have saved themselves from the pelago to the shore/ Only to turn to dangerous waters again.

Therefore it is not always possible to face everything and everybody, just as it is practically impossible and useless to aspire to satisfy everybody in every way - you cannot always do so, with everybody. How feasible is it to try and hide? To what extent can we blame uncertainty on the future? Whatever measuring unit we use, it cannot be done!

So there is no way out?

Yes there is, if we start thinking that the true reason for which it is important to have enthusiasm, is to have a passion for something. This is the same reason that reduces the world to a dimension that is easier to handle: a dimension in which it is not important to please everybody or to collect rice grains and leftovers, but rather a dimension in which the right ambition makes the difference.

They often ask me: where were you when Kennedy was murdered?
Well, to tell the truth I have no alibi!

(Emo Philips)